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SpringCM and XRSolutions Partner To Streamline Government Proposal Process

June 11, 2009 — Sterling, VA

SpringCM™ Inc, the leader in on-demand document management and workflow and XRSolutions™, provider of the Meridian Series™ of government proposal software, announced today their intention to integrate Meridian for RFP Analysis, which provides quick and accurate results regardless of RFP complexity, with Privia, the industry-leading platform for bid and proposal lifecycle management.

Government Contractors are constantly looking for ways to improve productivity as resource demands increase, and the market place forces them to be more agile in responding to shorter proposal response timelines. Privia by SpringCM provides the platform for the development of a complex proposal, and has a history of integrating with third party solutions to increase the business value of our combined capabilities for our customers.

SpringCM evaluated the market offerings and solicited input from industry proposal veterans and determined that XRSolutions Meridian Series offered the best overall solution to insure a quality outcome when extracting requirements from an RFP document. Analyzing an RFP can be very time consuming and laborious; and ensuring that all requirements are accounted for and addressed properly can be error prone when done manually. The integration will allow customers to meet proposal compliance requirements by eliminating human error and accelerating proposal development.

XRSolutions and Privia from SpringCM address these challenges by:

Accelerating the proposal manager’s review and preparation by reducing the time to construct an outline and requirements matrix and making it accessible to the capture/ proposal team immediately.
Pre-populating a customer’s standard storyboard template with the extracted requirements and making them immediately available to the writing team to get started.
Leveraging standard tools, centralized workspace, processes, and templates allow small to large organizations to increase the volume of opportunities that are evaluated and pursued, while ensuring quality and compliance; ultimately resulting in higher win rates.

"The integration with XRSolutions is another proof point of our commitment to continuously ensure that our customers can be most effective and well-positioned to win more business at affordable costs without increasing headcount", said Steve Maier, vice president and general manager of the SpringCM Government Solutions Division. “The ability to analyze an RFP and streamline the proposal authoring process can not only save time, but also ensure that the proposal meets all specified requirements. Saving time at the beginning of the proposal process leads to overall improvements in efficiencies, less stress on already stretched resources, significant cost savings and a higher probability of wins."

"Today's economic climate demands the very best from proposal teams", said Lisa Payne, president of XRSolutions. "This integration provides a powerful end-to-end solution and gives proposal professionals the tools they need to meet the challenges of increased proposal volume and unreasonable deadlines, all while improving quality and compliance."

About Privia by SpringCM

SpringCM is the recognized market leader in enterprise-class, on-demand content management. Based in Sterling, VA, the Government Solutions Division of SpringCM is a provider of virtual workspace software that integrates workflow, document management, communication and collaboration features into a unified application that seamlessly integrates with the Microsoft desktop. Privia® by SpringCM®, is the leading bid lifecycle management software for businesses bidding on state, local and federal government contracts. For more information about Privia by SpringCM, please visit http://www.springcm.com.

About SpringCM

SpringCM is the recognized market leader in enterprise-class, on-demand content management. Led by enterprise content management (ECM) industry veterans, SpringCM delivers affordable, easy-to-deploy document management and workflow solutions in a completely Web-based environment. SpringCM's award-winning ECM service eliminates software installations, hardware maintenance and prolonged customization cycles associated with on-premises applications. The breadth of functionality combined with personal attention to clients enables SpringCM staff to offer tailored solutions to organizations of all sizes and industries. Leading US and international companies like Avon, Comcast, Health Net, National Australia Bank and Cox Communications trust SpringCM with their mission-critical document management and workflow needs. SpringCM partners include Microsoft, salesforce.com, WebEx, Kodak and Toshiba. For more information, please visit www.springcm.com.

Contacts

For SpringCM: Chris Lalli, Cohn & Wolfe, 415.365.8540, chris.lalli@cohnwolfe.com